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I recently read a report that Austin is the # 1 place for IT jobs because of the influx of companies moving there and also the housing market. Is this still true?
Wouldn't surprise me. Austin is (and has been) growing a ton, I know traffic there is always a pain. Dell's headquarters is there too if I'm not mistaken. It's a big IT hub
The top end development work is still largely in the costly coastal metros. Back office stuff can be done about anywhere and somewhere like Dallas may have strengths there.
Cloud, I'd say Seattle, but housing is admittedly atrocious. I've been here two decades and juiced in on that cash-cow from almost Day 1, like anyone with any brains at that time. Traded up a couple times, I'm all done and take jobs where they are found. They always are.
Boise, Kansas, seriously??? I lived in Boise and I would advise highly not to go there for its IT infrastructure. It's the type of city where you got to beg for a crappy job.. Also, with the hordes of Californians moving there, Boise's cost of living has risen significantly. In fact, I was a reading an article that Boise has had the largest increase in property values of any city in the USA. Boise is even worse than Nashville in this regard. Another supposed tech hub that is not really a tech hub.
Real emerging tech hubs are places with lots of tech jobs.. Who would have guessed? I am an out of work software developer struggling to get back on the job market and I have my eyes on a few areas with an emerging tech market. Some of these places have really become established. Places like Silicon Valley , Seattle and even Boston are well established tech markets where the competition and exorbitant cost of living and rigorous work environments takes away a lot of the benefits people may think of having an IT job.
But, on my list of emerging or more recently established IT/tech markets would be the following:
Denver, CO/Boulder, CO
Research Triangle (Raleigh/Durham), NC
Atlanta, GA (new player in tech scene)
Charlotte, NC (booming tech market and now the de fato Fin-Tech capital)
Salt Lake City, UT
Austin, TX (Really an established tech hub , but growing even more)
Huntsville, AL
Dallas, TX
Columbus, OH (new player in tech with emerging tech scene and cheapest living of the bunch)
Boise, Kansas, seriously??? I lived in Boise and I would advise highly not to go there for its IT infrastructure. It's the type of city where you got to beg for a crappy job.. Also, with the hordes of Californians moving there, Boise's cost of living has risen significantly. In fact, I was a reading an article that Boise has had the largest increase in property values of any city in the USA. Boise is even worse than Nashville in this regard. Another supposed tech hub that is not really a tech hub.
Real emerging tech hubs are places with lots of tech jobs.. Who would have guessed? I am an out of work software developer struggling to get back on the job market and I have my eyes on a few areas with an emerging tech market. Some of these places have really become established. Places like Silicon Valley , Seattle and even Boston are well established tech markets where the competition and exorbitant cost of living and rigorous work environments takes away a lot of the benefits people may think of having an IT job.
But, on my list of emerging or more recently established IT/tech markets would be the following:
Denver, CO/Boulder, CO
Research Triangle (Raleigh/Durham), NC
Atlanta, GA (new player in tech scene)
Charlotte, NC (booming tech market and now the de fato Fin-Tech capital)
Salt Lake City, UT
Austin, TX (Really an established tech hub , but growing even more)
Huntsville, AL
Dallas, TX
Columbus, OH (new player in tech with emerging tech scene and cheapest living of the bunch)
Boise, Idaho.
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I lived in Boise and I would advise highly not to go there for its IT infrastructure. It's the type of city where you got to beg for a crappy job.. Also, with the hordes of Californians moving there, Boise's cost of living has risen significantly. In fact, I was a reading an article that Boise has had the largest increase in property values of any city in the USA. Boise is even worse than Nashville in this regard. Another supposed tech hub that is not really a tech hub. 
I am an out of work software developer struggling to get back on the job market and I have my eyes on a few areas with an emerging tech market. Some of these places have really become established. Places like Silicon Valley , Seattle and even Boston are well established tech markets where the competition and exorbitant cost of living and rigorous work environments takes away a lot of the benefits people may think of having an IT job.
